This is course deals with Development and Human rights with regards to the concepts, definitions, history, and assumptions of human rights; their operations and implementations; the philosophical and political bases for international human rights movement, probing the ongoing debate over universality, culture and human rights. It introduces learners to the United Nations systems with an emphasis on human rights protection and promotion in Africa; Courts, the Police and mob justice in the context of human rights; Truth Justice and ‘morality’ and minority rights; the new social movements, women’s rights, truth commissions and amnesties. It also exposes learners to the arguments of major human rights advocates with respect to the examination of foreign policy choices and NGO strategies designed to advance human rights; transitional justice; the intersection of humanitarian and human rights law, with an introduction to war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide.